Nama (Khoisan), Breton (Celtic, Indo-European), and Guarani (Tupi) have an Adverbial Comparative, but no absolute sequences (for discussion of these counterexamples see Stassen 1985: 132ff.)
1. The separative comparative is an instance of fixed-case comparative constructions, in which the standard NP is invariably encoded as a constituent part of an adverbial phrase with a separative (‘source’) interpretation.2. The deranked consecutive chains can be divided into two typologically significant classes, on the basis of whether it is the anterior predicate or the posterior predicate which is affected by the deranking procedure. The first class is referred to as ANTERIOR (CONSECUTIVE) DERANKING, the second one as POSTERIOR (CONSECUTIVE) DERANKING. 3. Languages in which the deranking procedure does not obtain a structural condition on subject-identity and where a deranked predicate can have its own overt subject are called ABSOLUTE deranking languages. 4. Cf. ##988, 994.
1. The separative comparative is an instance of fixed-case comparative constructions, in which the standard NP is invariably encoded as a constituent part of an adverbial phrase with a separative (‘source’) interpretation.2. The deranked consecutive chains can be divided into two typologically significant classes, on the basis of whether it is the anterior predicate or the posterior predicate which is affected by the deranking procedure. The first class is referred to as ANTERIOR (CONSECUTIVE) DERANKING, the second one as POSTERIOR (CONSECUTIVE) DERANKING. 3. Languages in which the deranking procedure does not obtain a structural condition on subject-identity and where a deranked predicate can have its own overt subject are called ABSOLUTE deranking languages. 4. Cf. ##988, 994.